Category: race

Bluenose II and the 1984 Parade of Sail in Sydney, Nova Scotia

This is one of the my favourite photographs. The Bluenose II sailing off Sydney, Nova Scotia, on July 11, 1984, thirty-one years ago today. I like it because the Bluenose hasn’t set the ships tops’ls and that’s something that you don’t see that often at least in most photographs After a controversial $19.5 million refit, […]

Kitimat Dragon Boat Races, July 2, 2011

The annual Kitimat Dragon Boat races were held at Minette Bay on July 2, 2011. The day began in pouring rain and gradually began to clear in the afternoon and by the finals in the afternoon, it was sunny and warm. Putting on the PFD as the crews prepare for the first race. Racing onto […]